Last Chance for Ebenezer Metal Detector Workshop! October 20, 2016

Last chance to sign up for the upcoming workshop on Metal Detecting for Archaeologists to be held at Ebenezer, Georgia, visit this website and hurry, hurry, hurry:

https://www.ncptt.nps.gov/events/metal-detecting-for-archeologists/

LAMAR Institute
to Host Metal Detector Workshop at Ebenezer

Savannah, October 22, 2016. The LAMAR Institute will host a workshop on Metal Detecting for Archeologists from November 18-20, 2016 at the historic New Ebenezer town site in Rincon, Georgia. The workshop is sponsored by the National Park Service’s National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), the Friends of NCPTT and Connor Consulting. Metal detector applications and use generally have become accepted in historical archeology, but it is clear that few professional and student archeologists have received training in metal detector capabilities or use. This course offers an opportunity for archeologists to become familiar with, and comfortable using metal detector technology on archeological sites. Instructors are professional archeologists, many well-known for their work in using metal detectors on military and domestic sites. The course is designed as a 2.5 day event, with day one being an introduction to metal detectors and metal detecting capabilities, followed by a day and a half of a field practicum where attendees will use various detectors on an actual archeological site expected to contain significant metal artifacts. The workshop is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of how a metal detector works, a familiarity with the various devices available and practical experience collecting data by using a variety of metal detectors in an archeological field situation.The field portion of the training will be held on the site of the New Ebenezer Revolutionary War defenses. For more information and to register for the workshop, visit this webpage: https://www.ncptt.nps.gov/events/metal-detecting-for-archeologists/.

Two documentary films produced by LAMAR Institute detail Revolutionary War battlefield discoveries in Georgia and South Carolina. October 10, 2016

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The LAMAR Institute, Inc.

P. O. Box 2992 Savannah, Georgia 31402

http://www.thelamarinstitute.org

Contact:     Rita Elliott, Public Outreach

706-341-7796, or ritafelliott@gmail.com

Two documentary films produced by LAMAR Institute detail Revolutionary War battlefield discoveries in Georgia and South Carolina.

Savannah, October 10, 2016. Two documenatry films by noted Savannah filmmakers Michael Jordan and Dan Kurtz will be showcased in the 2016 Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival on Hilton Head Island later this month. The films, “In Search of Carr’s Fort” and “Documenting the Battle of Purysburg” were both subsidized in part by a grant from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program and the LAMAR Institute. The first film explores the search and discovery of Captain Robert Carr’s frontier fort in Wilkes County, Georgia and the second film explores the search and discovery for the battlefield in the Patriot headquarters at Purysburg in Jasper County, South Carolina. The Arkhaios festival is a juried show that features films from all over the world. The LAMAR Institute offerings demonstrate that archaeology exists in your own back yard. For more information about the film festival, visit:

http://www.arkhaiosfilmfestival.org/

Hurricane Matthew visits Birdhouse and LAMAR Institute World Headquarters October 10, 2016

Winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Matthew buffeted our Birdhouse in Rincon, Georgia this past weekend. We had a large maple tree fall on one of our vehicles, floods in our back yard and archaeology laboratory, plus tons of sticks and leaves to clean up. Artifacts were evacuated from our lab to a safe place before the storm arrived. Sadly, several boxes of archaeology and history books and journals were flood damaged. Now comes the task of resuming normal operations, after about a one week setback. Thankfully, we are safe and our house survived without incident. Matthew was an unwelcome and untidy visitor, I would not recommend him has a boarder.